Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee | |
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Cecil McBee, The Cookers at Nice 2016 | |
Background information | |
Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | May 19, 1935
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Double bass |
Labels | Strata-East, Enja, India Navigation, Palmetto |
Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935)[1] is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of classic jazz albums.
Biography
Early life and career
McBee was born in
New York
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His jazz career began to take off in the mid-1960s, after he moved to
Later career
In the 2000s, McBee unsuccessfully sued a Japanese company that opened a chain of stores under his name.[2]
He was an artist in residence at
Awards
- 1991 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.
Grammys
- Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (MCA, 1987), Pharoah Sanders/David Murray/McCoy Tyner/Cecil McBee/Roy Haynes – Winner, Best instrumental performance, individual or group, Grammy Awards, 1988.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Mutima (Strata-East, 1974)
- Alternate Spaces (Bomba, 1977)
- Music from the Source (Enja, 1977 [1978])
- Compassion (Enja, 1977 [1979])
- Flying Out (India Navigation, 1982)
- Roots of Blue (RPR, 1986) – duets with Muhal Richard Abrams
- Unspoken (Palmetto, 1996 [1997])
- Tribal Ghost (NoBusiness, 2007 [2013]) with John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell, and Billy Hart
With Almanac (Mike Nock, Bennie Maupin, McBee, Eddie Marshall)
- Almanac (Improvising Artists, 1967 [1977])
As sideman
With George Adams
- America (Blue Note, 1990)
With Ray Anderson
- Old Bottles - New Wine (Enja, 1985)
With Chet Baker
- Blues for a Reason (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985)
With Bill Barron
- Live at Cobi's 2 (SteepleChase, 1985 [2006])
With Kenny Barron
- Landscape (Baystate, 1984)
- What If? (Enja, 1986)
- Live at Fat Tuesdays (Enja, 1988)
With the Bob Thiele Collective
- Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron, 1990)
With Joanne Brackeen
- Snooze (Choice, 1975)
- Tring-a-Ling (Choice, 1977)
- Havin' Fun (Concord Jazz, 1985)
- Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven (Concord Jazz, 1986)
- Turnaround (Evidence, 1992)
With
- African Space Program (Enja, 1973)
With Anthony Braxton
- Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh (hatArt, 1989)
With Roy Brooks
- The Free Slave (Muse, 1970 [1972])
With Joe Chambers
- The Almoravid (Muse, 1974)
With Alice Coltrane
- Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!, 1970)
- Carnegie Hall '71 (Hi Hat, 2018)
- The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse!, 2024)
With Junior Cook
- Pressure Cooker (Catalyst, 1977)
With Stanley Cowell
- Equipoise (Galaxy, 1979)
- Close to You Alone (DIW, 1990)
With Ted Curson
- Blue Piccolo (Whynot, 1976)
With Ricky Ford
- Looking Ahead (Muse. 1986)
With Chico Freeman
- Morning Prayer (India Navigation, 1976)
- Chico (India Navigation, 1977)
- The Outside Within (India Navigation, 1978)
- Kings of Mali (India Navigation, 1978)
- Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979)
- Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1981)
With Hal Galper
- Now Hear This (Enja, 1977)
With Johnny Griffin
- Birds and Ballads (1978)
With Louis Hayes
- Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon, 1978)
With Roy Haynes
- Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977)
- Vistalite (Galaxy, 1977 [1979])
With
- Compulsion! (Blue Note, 1965)
With Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw
- Double Take (Blue Note, 1986)
With Elvin Jones
- Power Trio (Novus, 1990) – with John Hicks
- When I Was at Aso-Mountain (Enja, 1990)
- Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (Trio, 1997)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja, 1993)
With Clifford Jordan
- Two Tenor Winner (Criss Cross, 1984)
With John Klemmer
- Magic and Movement (Impulse!, 1974)
With Prince Lasha
- Inside Story (Enja, 1965 [1981])
With Yusef Lateef
- The Complete Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1967)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
- Yusef Lateef's Detroit (Atlantic, 1969)
- The Diverse Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1970)
With The Leaders
- Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986)
- Black Saint, 1987)
- Heaven Dance (Sunnyside, 1988) – The Leaders Trio with pianist Kirk Lightsey and drummer Don Moye
- Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
- Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
- Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2006)
With Dave Liebman
- The Seasons (Soul Note, 1992)
- John Coltrane's Meditations (Arkadia Jazz, 1998)
With Charles Lloyd
- Dream Weaver (1966, Atlantic)
- Forest Flower (1966, Atlantic)
- The Flowering (1966, Atlantic)
- Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966, Atlantic)
With Raphe Malik
- Storyline (Boxholder, 1999) – with Cody Moffett
With Joe Maneri
- Dahabenzapple (hat ART, 1993 [1996])
With Jackie McLean
- It's Time! (Blue Note, 1964)
- Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964)
With Lloyd McNeill
- Treasures (1976)
With Charles McPherson
- New Horizons (Xanadu, 1977)
With Grachan Moncur III
- Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1964)
- Echoes of Prayer (JCOA, 1975) with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With
- Rendezvous With Now (India Navigation, 1978)
- Visiting This Planet (Anami Music, 1988)
- Presence of Joy (Anami Music, 1999)
- Divine Radiance (Anami Music, 2003)
With Amina Claudine Myers
- Salutes Bessie Smith (Leo, 1980)
With Art Pepper
- Winter Moon (Galaxy, 1980)
With Dannie Richmond
- "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!, 1965)
With Sam Rivers
- Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note, 1967)
- Streams (Impulse!, 1973)
- Hues (Impulse!, 1973)
- Emanation (NoBusiness, 2019) - Volume 1 of the Sam Rivers Archive Series; recorded in 1971
With Charlie Rouse
- Social Call (Uptown, 1984) with Red Rodney
With Pharoah Sanders
- Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Strata-East, 1969 [1973])
- Jewels of Thought (Impulse!, 1969)
- Thembi (Impulse!, 1970)
- Black Unity (Impulse!, 1971)
- Live at the East (Impulse!, 1972)
- Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!, 1973)
- Love in Us All (Impulse!, 1973)
- Wisdom Through Music (Impulse!, 1973)
With various artists
- The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse!, 1965)
With Saxophone Summit
- Gathering of Spirits (Telarch, 2004)
With Zbigniew Seifert
- Man of the Light (MPS Records, 1977)
With Woody Shaw
- The Moontrane (Muse, 1974)
- Love Dance (Muse, 1975)
- The Iron Men with Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1977 [1980])
With Archie Shepp
With Wayne Shorter
- Et Cetera (Blue Note, 1965)
- Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1970)
With Sonny Simmons
- Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)
With Lonnie Liston Smith
- Astral Traveling (Flying Dutchman, 1973)
- Expansions (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
- Rejuvenation (Doctor Jazz, 1985)
- Make Someone Happy (Doctor Jazz, 1986)
With Buddy Tate and Dollar Brand
- Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
With Leon Thomas
- Spirits Known and Unknown (1969)
With Horace Tapscott
- The Dark Tree, Vol. 1 & 2 (hatOLOGY, 1989)
With Charles Tolliver
- Live at Slugs', Volume I & II (Strata-East, 1970)
- Music Inc. (Strata-East, 1971)
- Impact (Strata-East, 1975)
- With Love (Blue Note, 2006)
With Mickey Tucker
- Sojourn (Xanadu, 1977)
- Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1978)
With McCoy Tyner
- Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
- Blues for Coltrane(1987)
With
- Revealing (1977)
With Mal Waldron
- What It Is (Enja, 1981)
With Michael White
- The Land of Spirit and Light (Impulse!, 1973)
With Paul Winter
- Jazz Meets the Folk-Song (1963)
With Yōsuke Yamashita
- Sakura (Verve, 1990)
- Kurdish Dance (Verve, 1993)
- Dazzling Days (Verve, 1993)
- Fragments 1999 (Verve, 1999)
- Spider (Verve, 1996)
- Delightful Contrast (Universal, 2011)
With Denny Zeitlin
- Cathexis (Columbia, 1963)
With Norman Connors
- Dance of Magic (Sony Music Entertainment, 1972)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ "Cecil Mcbee, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Delica Co., Ltd., Defendant, Appellee, 417 F.3d 107 (1st Cir. 2005)". Law.justia.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Harvard Jazz Bands". Harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
External links
- Allmusic biography
- Cecil McBee Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2020)